Murder of a Snake In The Grass
Denise Swanson

THE AGATHA AWARD-NOMINATED SERIES

After over two years, school psychologist Skye Denison is still in Scumble River trying to figure out why she’s still in Scumble River. But with all the town’s quirks and crimes, life there is never dull…and besides, it’s home.

Scumble River is celebrating it’s bicentennial in style— with Historical Society Reenactments, a bingo tent, Crazy Craft Race, and a coal-tossing tournament. Serving as the guest of honor is none other than the town founder’s great- great-grandnephew, Gabriel Scumble. But his visit turns out to be short-lived when Skye’s students, Frannie and Justin, find him dead, a pickax protruding from the chest area of his authentic buckskin costume.

Meanwhile, Skye’s deceitful ex-fiancé Luc St. Amant has appeared out of the blue, creating turmoil in her love life. Does the real danger lie in the possibility that Luc will drive away the men in Skye’s life…or is there a more menacing connection between Luc’s arrival and Gabriel Scumble’s murder?

“When writers as sharp as Margaret Maron, Earlene Fowler, and Jerrilyn Farmer all rave about a colleague as convincingly as they have about Denise Swanson, even the gruffest noir addict has to take notice.”—Chicago Tribune

“A delightful new series.”—Margaret Maron

(A Scumble River Mystery #4)
Signet (Mystery), April 2003
Featuring: Skye Denison
ISBN #045120834X
262 pages Paperback
$5.99

Also by Denise Swanson:
Murder of a Wedding Belle, April 2010
Murder of a Royal Pain, April 2009
Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry, April 2008
Murder of a Botoxed Blonde, April 2007
Murder of a Real Bad Boy, August 2006
Murder Of A Smart Cookie, July 2005
Drop-Dead Blonde, February 2005
Murder Of A Pink Elephant, July 2004
Murder of a Barbie And Ken, November 2003
Murder of a Sleeping Beauty, April 2002
And the Dying is Easy, June 2001
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady, April 2001
Murder of a Small-Town Honey, July 2000

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